Lavish life of 'quiet' Vogue model's son and £230m pie fortune heir who stabbed best friend to death

Dylan Thomas, 24, has been recovered blameworthy astatine Cardiff Crown Court of murdering his champion person William Bush, 23, successful an onslaught astatine his affluent family's location connected Christmas Eve past year

On Christmas Eve past year, Dylan Thomas - the quiescent millionaire heir to a nutrient institution luck - brutally stabbed his champion friend to death.

A assemblage astatine Cardiff Crown Court contiguous recovered him blameworthy of murdering William Bush and helium present awaits sentencing, owed adjacent month. Thomas is the grandson of Sir Stanley Thomas, the laminitis of Peter’s Pies, whose nett worthy was estimated to beryllium £230m successful 2013 and sat successful tribunal passim the trial.

Thomas had known unfortunate William since they attended the aforesaid backstage schoolhouse a decennary ago. During their agelong friendship, the brace hung retired unneurotic and enjoyed holidays earlier moving successful and sharing a location together. All this came to an extremity erstwhile Thomas stabbed William - said to beryllium his lone person - 37 times successful the onslaught with 2 knives, inflicting 16 wounds to his neck, astatine the location owned by his affluent family.

During this week’s trial, it was suggested Thomas had “resentment” towards his friend. Loner Thomas struck aft his lone person Williams told him helium was readying to determination retired with his woman Ella Jeffries. The proceedings heard however Thomas was 3 erstwhile his parents divided up successful 2003 aft his dad, Scott Thomas, attacked his parent - a exemplary who featured connected the screen of Vogue - and was himself jailed for six months successful the aforesaid tribunal his lad appeared in.

The 24-year-old's grandfather, Sir Stanley Thomas, who is liable for the family's wealth, was successful tribunal passim the trial. Sir Stanley and his brother, Peter, joined their dada successful the 1950s, going door-to-door selling nutrient pies. Thomas Pies was sold successful 1965, but conscionable 5 years aboriginal the brothers launched their ain pastry concern - Peter's Savoury Products, which flourished with a £70m yearly turnover and was sold successful 1988 for £75m.The household went connected to put successful a spot steadfast who had assets including airports successful Cardiff, Belfast and Luton. The consequent merchantability of that steadfast bolstered the family's luck by an other £100 million, causing them to go regular faces successful the Sunday Times Rich List.

Sir Stanley Thomas was knighted successful 2006 for his services to business, portion his member Peter became president of Cardiff rugby club. Sir Stanley's son, Scott, besides made headlines - but for a precise antithetic reason. In 1988 helium launched Scott's, a Cardiff nightclub, with person specified arsenic Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Simon and Yasmin Le Bon making an quality astatine opening night.

It was hoped the nine would rival the "ambience, clientele and chic" of London's clubs, providing a ritzy acquisition successful Cardiff. But conscionable a twelvemonth aft opening, the nine unopen aft a patron died. By this time, Scott Thomas was dating exemplary Kirstie Howells, 10 years his junior, who had worked with Versace and Armani and shared the catwalk with legends specified arsenic Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista. Dylan was calved successful 2000, successful Jersey, earlier the family's determination to a mansion successful the Old St Mellons country of Cardiff.

It was determination that Scott Thomas carried retired his onslaught connected Ms Howells. During his trial, the tribunal heard however helium hurled Ms Howells implicit his shoulder, slapping her and beating her astir the caput with a telephone portion shouting "I'll termination you, I'll termination you." It's said Dylan, who was astir 3 astatine the time, was location astatine the clip of the brutal assault, that lone ended erstwhile Ms Howells flagged down a passing driver. She aboriginal told friends: "I americium rebuilding my beingness and facing up to the imaginable of trying to explicate to Dylan erstwhile helium is older wherefore his dada had to spell to prison."

The young Thomas received a apical backstage acquisition arsenic a kid astatine the £44,000-a-year Christ College Brecon. It was present that helium archetypal met William Bush erstwhile helium joined the schoolhouse astatine the property of 13 and the brace became "the closest of friends". Mr Bush, whose dada is an English teacher, was a talented sportsman with a passionateness for rugby who was popular, successful opposition to his introverted friend. After schoolhouse Mr Bush went connected to university, and portion Thomas got a spot astatine Cardiff Metropolitan University, helium near aft a year.

He moved to a £425,000 location successful Llandaff, connected the outskirts of Cardiff, that his gramps owned arsenic portion of his spot portfolio. Mr Bush moved successful with him successful 2021 and helped look aft his friend's labrador, Bruce. Thomas couldn't drive, having failed his mentation trial 5 times, truthful relied connected his housemate for transport.

"Will had tons of friends," the victim's brother, Alex Bush, told police. "He was caring, possibly excessively caring astatine times. Loyal, highly loyal. They would spell connected holidays together... I deliberation Will benignant of felt atrocious for him and wanted to beryllium determination for him. If Will came backmost location for Sunday luncheon oregon to play golf helium would marque definite to get backmost due to the fact that Dylan was connected his own. He was conscionable caring."

Thomas is listed arsenic the sole manager of 3 tech companies listed astatine the spot and had been moving connected virtual world headset accessories astatine the clip of the killing. Mr Bush had been moving arsenic a surveyor, but fixed up the occupation owed to accent and sick health. His girlfriend, Ella Jeffries, told constabulary she had shared concerns astir his friend's behaviour successful the months earlier the attack.

That autumn, helium told her of a clip Thomas had told him "I thought oregon wondered astir sidesplitting you". Mr Bush was acrophobic capable that helium barricaded his chamber doorway that night, but Thomas didn't effort and get successful and the brace continued surviving together.

During the trial, the assemblage heard from Dr Panchu Xavier, a advisor forensic psychiatrist astatine Ashworth, who said the suspect could person been having a psychotic occurrence during the onslaught and for "up to six months earlier the event". Thomas admitted sidesplitting his friend, but claimed deminished responsibility, denying murder.

The defence argued passim the lawsuit that Thomas was mentally unwell astatine the clip of the incident, saying determination was a "gamut" of signs of psychosis. In the weeks starring up to the brutal attack, the tribunal heard determination had been signs of intelligence illness.

They were told however concerning comments had been made to Mr Bush and others, including a connection to tech billionaire Elon Musk, offering to assistance him "solve gravity." Then successful November, Thomas was arrested aft reportedly climbing implicit a obstruction surrounding Buckingham Palace, and was intervewed by a psychiatrist portion successful custody but aboriginal released connected bail.

Sending the assemblage retired connected Thursday, justice Mrs Justice Steyn KC said they could instrumentality arsenic agelong arsenic they request to scope a verdict successful the case. They returned successful a substance of hours. Trial justice Mrs Justice Steyn said she would walk condemnation connected December 16.